Eocrex primus Type Locality: Wasatchian - Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by W. H. Bradley 1923

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Eocrex primus n. gen., n. sp. Wetmore 1931
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Sweetwater
Coordinates: 42.1° North, 108.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.6° North, 83.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Wasatchian - Bridgerian
Age range of interval: 54.9 - 46.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wasatch Member:Cathedral Bluffs Tongue
Regional section:GRBsn Regional bed:3
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "near the top of the Cathedral Bluffs Tongue": unit is Wasatchian and Bridgerian according to Foster 2001
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: none given
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: unit includes "shallow lacustrine and delta environments" (Foster 2001)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:W. H. Bradley Collection dates:August 1923
Metadata
Database number:74332
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-08-02 12:10:40 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-08-02 12:10:40
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
24958. A. Wetmore. 1931. Two primitive rails from the Eocene of Colorado and Wyoming. Condor 33(3):107-109 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]